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Business & finance at UCLA

UCLA graduates about 42 business & finance majors a year. That puts it 47th of 650 schools we score for business & finance, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $129,000 four years out, 1.66× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $21 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

83/100Standout#47 of 650 for business & finance →
Graduates a year42under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$129,0001.66× the same major nationally
Research in the field$21Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school

Around UCLA

Six YAL activists gathered with Gadsden Flag and beach ball at the University of
YAL activists at the University of California, Los AngelesPhoto: YAL Editors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Aerial view of UCLA campus and Westwood, California, facing southeast
UCLA campus and WestwoodPhoto: Rick Meyer, Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0 · source
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UCLA Veterans Social 264 (5715096209)Photo: SupportPDX from Portland, Oregon, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where business & finance happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Mullin Management Commons, Entrepreneurs Hall.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 89 · Dorm 20 · Arts 8 · Athletics 7 · Dining 6 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the business & finance ranking

  1. Providence College 83
  2. University of Denver 83
  3. Creighton University 83
  4. Washington and Lee University 83
  5. Texas A&M University 82
  6. Michigan State University 82
  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 82
  8. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 82

Other strong majors at UCLA

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UCLA with every school we score in business & finance. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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